Metlaouia autumna

Metlaouia autumna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Metlaouia
Species: M. autumna
Binomial name
Metlaouia autumna
(Chrétien, 1910)

Metlaouia autumna is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is known from the Maghreb area, Tripolitania, the Sinai in Egypt and the northern Negev and northern Arava in Israel

Adults are on wing in November. There is probably one generation per year.

Larvae have been recorded on Artemisia campestris.


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